Originally Posted by
kimokimo
At my age my max is supposed to be 160. I can do 150 easily and not reall be breathing hard. I guess I have great capacity. I've even gotten it to 165 on occasion when going hard and then back off.
I take it easy on my rides home and stay around 130
Don't believe the "220-age" formula for max HR. It's nowhere near accurate. It would predict my max as 165, and I hit 175 routinely on longer hills with nothing like the feeling of hitting maxHR.
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